Dual amplifier tap bracket or the like

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The invention will be illustratively described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which: FIG.
1 is a perspective view of structure of the invention, in clamped relation to a messenger wire or the like; FIG.
2 is an exploded view in perspective to show separated parts of FIG.
1 structure, as viewed from an aspect 180-degrees reversed from that of FIG.
1; FIG.
3 is a side view of the structural parts of FIG.
1, in clamped condition; FIG.
4 is a fragmentary view from the aspect of FIG.
3 but showing the clamp-related parts in loosely retained condition, in readiness for initial assembly to a messenger wire; and FIGS.
5, 6 and 7 are respectively plan, side-elevation, and rear-elevation views of the clamp member of FIG.
1.
The article of FIGS.
1 to 4 comprises a bracket piece 10 and a clamp piece 11, initially loosely retained to each other by a single nut 12 and bolt 13.
Each of the pieces 10-11 is an integrally formed unit, preferably of steel.
The bracket piece 10 is bent and formed from stiff strip material, of width W, and comprises a base panel 15, from the ends of which side panels 16 and 17 integrally depend; an aperture in each side panel will be understood to mount separate TV amplifier units, line-extender units or the like.
The center of base panel 15 is characterized by an upwardly formed rib 18, defining a groove by which to locate bracket piece 10 on a given messenger wire 19, in an initially balanced condition.
Two parallel lanced slits within the body of panel 15 enable upwardly displaced deformation of a local region of adjacency to rib 18, establishing a platform 20, which is essentially tangent to the crest of rib 18 and parallel to the remainder of panel 15.
The groove or concave section within rib 18 is of size selected preferably to accommodate and nest approximately one half the sectional area of the messenger-wire size intended for bracket installation.
And the axis of a bolt aperture 21 in platform 20 is intentionally in close adjacency to the sectional profile of wire 19, when the nut and bolt have been tightened to set the clamp to the wire